[3] Most of New Stanton is surrounded by Hempfield Township and the borough has two other borders: with Youngwood to the northeast and Hunker to the south-southwest.

Volkswagen of America operated the Westmoreland Assembly Plant, in neighboring East Huntingdon Township from 1978 to 1988.

[9] On December 9, 2008, the Governor of Pennsylvania announced that Sony planned to close the facility.

As of 2010, the 2,000,000-square-foot (190,000 m2)[10] plant remains idle, the largest block of commercial space available in Western Pennsylvania.

[10] UPS has a major sorting operation, processing about 500,000 packages daily off-peak and 1,000,000 during peak season (November and December) and employing approximately 1,700 workers.

Over 500 persons are employed here, serving Shop 'n Save, Save-A-Lot, and County Market stores.